S8E7 - The Canadian Japa

Our podcast is no stranger to the exploration of pre- and post-migration life stories. A while ago, we touched on this with a friend that migrated to Germany.

On this episode, however, we turned our attention to a #migration destination that’s very common among us Nigerians, that is Canada.

The common view that we often get of immigration to countries like Canada is as a comparison of two fixed points: the harsh and undesirable point pre-migration, and the joyful and successful post-migration one.

Often forgotten and neglected in social media ‘japa’ feeds, and perhaps immigrant success stories too, is the phase of transition, integration, and acculturation, if at all they even occur.

For someone moving to a new country like Canada, we can imagine this transition phase is anything but brief and trivial; it can even be so hard that in some cases, people return to their home countries.

Based on these, we were joined by another friend, Olamide(@lammykate), to have an exploration of the Canadian migration experience.

We have to note that we certainly don’t think all migration stories can be generalised to everyone, but each story is worth listening to nonetheless. Enjoy the listen!

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You can listen to Olamide's latest single, "Love over me" using the link here 🎧✨